Greg Van Avermaet plotting Liège-Bastogne-Liège tilt after route change

New finish in Liège may tempt Olympic champion

Greg Van Avermaet ahead of the 2019 Tour of Oman (Photo by Justin Setterfield/Getty Images)

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Though the northern, cobbled Classics remain his focus, Olympic champion Greg Van Avermaet has not ruled out a tilt at winning Liège-Bastogne-Liège this April. 

The route of the final spring Monument has been changed for 2019, the new flatter finish in central Liège favouring the Belgian and he is clearly tempted to add a second Monument to his palmarès.

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